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RICHARD STUART, 0F GROWS LANDING, CALIFORNIA.

GUN-SIGHT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD STUART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Crows Landing, in the county of Stanislaus and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gun-Sights, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to gun sights, particularly adaptable for rifles,and has for an object to provide a device for adjustable attachment on agun to permit of efficiently sighting a gun at an object. For thepurpose mentioned, use is made of a casing for adjustable attachment onthe barrel of a gun, a sight plate slidably mounted in the said casingand provided with a series of different sights, the said sights beingadapted to be moved into sighting position in the said casing, and meansfor retaining one of the sights in sighting position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l is aperspective view of a gun barrel showing my device applied thereto. Fig.2 is a front elevation of my sight. Fig. 3 is a vertical section takentransversely through the casing. Fig. 41 is a horizontal section takenon the line 44: in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5is a rear elevation of the sight plate showing the detail constructionthereof.

Referring more particularly to the views I provide a substantiallycircular casing 10 having the ends 11 thereof spaced apart. The casing10 consists of a front sight 12 and a rear sight 13, the said sightsbeing connected and having a space 14 formed therebetween. The casing 10is provided with a V-shaped notch 15 and mounted in the casing 10beneath the V-shaped notch is a spring 17 having an indented portion 18in substantial vertical alinement with the V- shaped notch 15. Thecasing 10 on the under side thereof is provided with a notch 19 adaptedtoreceive therein notches 20 on Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 7, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 631,774.

an adjusting bar 21 secured on the barrel of the gun, the bar 21 beingmounted under the casing 10 so that the elevation of the casingrelatively to the barrel of the gun can be adjusted at all times, thesaid bar being inclined in structure. Mounted to slide in the space 13of the said casing, 10 is a sight plate 22 provided with a series ofdifferent sized sights 23, and a handle 24 is secured to the upper endof the said sight plate and projects outwardly through the casing 10through a notch therein. Extending outwardly from the periphery of thesight plate 22 are lugs 25, each of the said lugs being in alinementwith one of the sights 23 and the said lugs being adapted to engage theindented portion 18 of the spring 17.

In the application of my device, the sight is connected to a gun barrelby having the bar 21 secured to the barrel and the sight adjustablymounted on the said bar, the V- shaped notch 15 being positionedcentrally relatively to the barrel of the gun so that the usual frontsight of the gun can be seen through the V-shaped notch 15 when the gunis sighted. The sights 23 on the sight plate 22 are made in variousshapes and designs to embody the constructions of known V-sights andpeep-sights. Now when it is desired to use a particular sight, thehandle 24 is grasped and the sight plate is slidably operated in thecasing 10 until the desired sight is in position with respect to theV-shaped opening 15, the said sight being releasably retained in thesaid position by the particular lug 25 secured to the sight plateadjacent the desired sight. Thus it will be seen that by simplyoperating the sight plate the operator can at all times use theparticular sight that he desires whether it be a large V-sight, a smallV-sight or any style of peep-sight.

Although for the purpose of describing my gun sight I have shown aparticular construction thereof it will be understood that I do notlimit myself to the details of construction thereof, the scope of theinvention being defined in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invencasing, for operating the saidsight plate in tion, What I claim as new, is the said casing. 10

A gun sight comprising a casing for at- In testimony whereof I affix mysignatachment to a gun barrel, means for adjustture in presence of tWoWitnesses.

ing the said casing relatively to the gun RICHARD STUART.

barrel, a sight plate slidably mounted in the Witnesses:

said casing and a handle secured to the plate R. L. MORRIS,

and projecting through a slot in the said ARTHUR S. ROGERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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